Breaking Down UCF’s Athlete-Driven Domination

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Serena Williams and Lincoln Motor Company have joined forces to present Serena's new chapter alongside her infant daughter and the Lincoln Navigator. The parties have authentically integrated the Lincoln brand with Serena's story, providing a real connection that can...

Anthony Davis owns one of the strongest brand identities in the NBA. Since blowing up during his freshman campaign at Kentucky, Davis has become known for two things — transcendent on-court performance and "The Brow." Davis and Red Bull paired the strength of his...

The opendorse team is excited to announce the renewal of its partnership with the NFL Players Association via its licensing and marketing arm, NFL Players Inc. The agreement extends opendorse as the social media activation partner for NFL players. The partnership...

Social media provides college athletes with a powerful opportunity. Unlike previous generations, their message doesn’t have to be filtered through the media. They don’t have to wait until game-time to get in front of fans. With social, athletes can build their brands...

Twitter is frequently lit up with shoe drops, but Sunday was a bit more important. The conversation didn’t stem from Cam Newton wearing tails on his pregame cleats this week, instead the NFL’s #MyCauseMyCleats initiative took center stage. Players wore a variety of...

Remember when your football team beat that other football team you really wanted it to? Think No. 1 LSU beating No. 2 Alabama by a field goal in 2011. Or Nebraska throttling Peyton Manning’s Tennessee Volunteers in 1997 en route to a championship ring. Even Kansas...

As reported by the Washington Post in 2015, baseball has an aging problem. ESPN told The Post the median age of baseball audiences on TV is 53, and it is getting older. With that, there is both a challenge and an opportunity for Major League Baseball and its 30 teams....

From late October to mid-June, "NBA Twitter" may be the most engaged community on social media. The community is made up of super-fans, beat writers, media personalities, professional gamblers, team accounts, and sometimes even NBA players. One of the most...

When it comes to digital branding for college sports properties, Jason R. Matheson has seen it all. After leveraging his design background to earn an internship at the University of Miami, Matheson became a mainstay in college athletics, eventually leading SID And...

Back in August, Nebraska football unveiled the all-white alternate uniforms which were worn against Northwestern last Saturday. ‼️????‼️ pic.twitter.com/MM8RBOqx0o— Nebraska Football (@HuskerFBNation) August 23, 2016 As players’ jaws dropped, they took to Twitter to...

Twitter and the social media sports world chalked up a “W” after the first of 10 NFL live-streamed games garnered positive reaction, and a 4% $TWTR boost, Thursday. The game, which appeared in Twitter’s Moments tab, drew more than 2.1 million viewers. An average of...

The NFL is a Nike-dominated league. Not only does the Swoosh own the on-field rights as the NFL’s official uniform provider, it also represents a vast majority of the league’s top players. Sole Collector’s Brendan Dunne broke down Nike’s dominance in player marketing...